A company that has provided the state with online game services and scratch ticket printing is wondering why the same consultant involved in writing a faulty request for a proposal two years ago is back on the job.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Travelin’ Maine(rs) should be sensitive to readership
I generally enjoy restaurant reviews, but I find many of the Travelin’ Maine(rs) columns galling, especially when couched among articles addressing hunger in Maine and cuts to heating assistance and social services. I am assuming that George and Linda Smith are reimbursed, at least partially, for all of their travelin’, eatin’ and lodgin’. That would […]
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Many ways to chip away at that heating bill
Reducing your energy bill means finding ways to use less.
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Oil dealers feeling squeezed
Calling for an oil delivery these days can make one cringe.
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Hard times, oil prices endanger lives
Craig Johnson settled into the couch, trying to catch his breath after walking across the room.
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Rules may slow charter schools
AUGUSTA — Maine’s new law authorizing charter schools says they can start operating July 1, but potential founders say the proposed enrollment rules would force them to delay opening until 2013.
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Tomato is a fruit? You bet
Let’s talk about pizza. But first, let’s see a show of hands. Who wants to be the first in Maine to call President Barack Obama and Congress and tell them that the tomato is not a vegetable, it’s a fruit?
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Portland singer needs your votes
Portland’s Michael Odokara-Okigbo can’t achieve his dreams of a singing career on talent alone.
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Variety of factors influence oil’s cost
MANCHESTER — John Babb looks at the computer screen at his desk as numbers bounce up and down with the constant stream of information from Wall Street.